Roskomnadzor refused to block Sports.ru

The head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov said that Sports.ru will not be blocked. The Agency came to the conclusion that the site does not distribute illegal content “Match TV”

The head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov at the Board office stated that it will not block the website Sports.ru, the correspondent of RBC.

According to Zharov, Roskomnadzor has conducted monitoring Sports.ru and came to the conclusion that the resource is not broadcasting pirated content. “When our requirements are carefully, we do not block,” — said Zharov. “Sports.ru — one of the largest resources in attendance — said Zharov. — So the fans and media quiet”. The average monthly audience Sports.ru according to his own estimates, more than 7 million users.

Earlier the Moscow city court at the request of the “national sports channel” (the operator of TV channel “Match TV”) decided to take security measures to lock Sports.ru for posting on the website of the content of TV channels “Our football” and “NTV-Plus Sport Plus” (marked with the logo of the TV channel “MATCH! OUR SPORT”). According to TV channel stream of programs on this site were used without permission.

The court also ordered Roskomnadzor to stop the creation of technical conditions for the distribution of television “NTV-Plus Sport Plus” and “Our football” on the website Sports.ru.

At the same time, the Director Sports.ru Dmitry Navosha, said he did not understand what kind of online content that violate the law, referred to.